Current Employment Statistics (CES1021000001) · Mining, oil and gas extraction, seasonally adjusted
How many jobs are there in mining, quarrying, and oil and gas extraction?
The number of jobs in mining, quarrying, and oil and gas extraction was 567 thousand in the month ended , up 0.1% from a year earlier (preliminary).
Jobs in mining, quarrying, and oil and gas extraction, in thousands, seasonally adjusted, each month
Shaded bands are US recessions as the National Bureau of Economic Research dates them: to , to , to , to , to , to , to , to , to , to .
Shaded bands are US recessions as the National Bureau of Economic Research dates them: to .
Jobs in mining, quarrying, and oil and gas extraction, in thousands, change from a year earlier, each month (ours)
Shaded bands are US recessions as the National Bureau of Economic Research dates them: to , to , to , to , to , to , to , to , to , to .
Shaded bands are US recessions as the National Bureau of Economic Research dates them: to .
Each point is one month of the series as the source publishes it, or a change worked out from those values (ours). The US recessions are shaded. Pointing at the chart shows the month and the value.
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The newest month beside the one before it and the nearest ones a year, five and ten years earlier. The last ten years are in the table under "The numbers behind the chart".
| Measure | Latest | The month before | A year earlier | Five years earlier | Ten years earlier |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Month | |||||
| Jobs in mining, quarrying, and oil and gas extraction, in thousands | 567 thousand | 569 thousand | 566 thousand | 520 thousand | 595 thousand |
| Change over a year | +0.1% | +0.2% | −2.7% | +1.1% | −18.3% |
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Observed .
Right now
The number of jobs in mining, quarrying, and oil and gas extraction was 567 thousand in September 2026, the lowest since July 2026.
Over a year it is up 0.1% (ours). The source marks this value preliminary.
ChangeOurs
| Period | Then | Change |
|---|---|---|
| One month | 569 thousand in | −0.4% |
| Three months | 571 thousand in | −0.6% |
| Twelve months | 566 thousand in | +0.1% |
| Five years | 520 thousand in | +9.0% |
| Ten years | 595 thousand in | −4.7% |
In historyOurs
The number of jobs in mining, quarrying, and oil and gas extraction of 567 thousand in was higher than in 149 of the 824 other months since , the same in 0 and lower in 675.
Highest since : 1,177 thousand in . Lowest since : 491 thousand in .
AverageOurs
Average since : 669.4 thousand (ours, a plain mean of the 825 months).
ComparedOurs
Over a year the number of jobs in mining, quarrying, and oil and gas extraction is up 0.1%, which ranks 23 of the 35 rows of the table, where 1 is the largest change.
The table sets the number of jobs in mining, quarrying, and oil and gas extraction beside the industries on the jobs by industry page, by the change over a year in each one's newest month.
Inside itOurs
Of the 3 industries inside mining, oil and gas extraction that BLS reports, the change over a year was largest for mining (except oil and gas), up 0.8%, and smallest for oil and gas extraction, down 1.6% (ours).
Understanding the number of jobs in mining, quarrying, and oil and gas extraction
Where it stands today
The number of jobs in mining, quarrying, and oil and gas extraction was 567 thousand in September 2026.
What does the number of jobs in mining, quarrying, and oil and gas extraction measure?
Mining, quarrying, and oil and gas extraction is the mining part of mining and logging: pumping oil and natural gas, mining coal and metal ores, quarrying stone, sand and gravel, and the support activities such as drilling for others. Logging, the rest of mining and logging, is not in it.
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The Bureau of Labor Statistics (BLS) counts these jobs each month in a survey of employers, the Current Employment Statistics, and publishes them in the Employment Situation report at the start of the next month. The count is all employees on payrolls, in thousands, seasonally adjusted.
What 500metrics adds: the change over one month, three months, a year and five years, the highest and lowest value since the series begins, how the change over a year ranks among the lines of the jobs by industry page, the industries inside it with their own change over a year.
The numbers behind the chart
What was the number of jobs in mining, quarrying, and oil and gas extraction in each month?The last ten years, 120 months, newest first; the chart and the file have every month since Jan 1958
| Month | Value | Change over a year |
|---|---|---|
| 567 thousand | +0.1% | |
| 569 thousand | +0.2% | |
| 567 thousand | −0.6% | |
| 571 thousand | −0.7% | |
| 573 thousand | −0.7% | |
| 568 thousand | −2.0% | |
| 566 thousand | −2.1% | |
| 565 thousand | −2.7% | |
| 565 thousand | −2.8% | |
| 566 thousand | −2.6% | |
| 567 thousand | −2.9% | |
| 567 thousand | −2.3% | |
| 566 thousand | −2.7% | |
| 568 thousand | −2.2% | |
| 570 thousand | −1.9% | |
| 575 thousand | −1.1% | |
| 577 thousand | −1.2% | |
| 580 thousand | −1.2% | |
| 579 thousand | −2.5% | |
| 581 thousand | −1.7% | |
| 581 thousand | −1.5% | |
| 581 thousand | −2.2% | |
| 583 thousand | −1.4% | |
| 581 thousand | −2.0% |
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| Month | Value | Change over a year |
|---|---|---|
| 582 thousand | −2.2% | |
| 581 thousand | −2.6% | |
| 582 thousand | −2.4% | |
| 581 thousand | −2.4% | |
| 584 thousand | −2.2% | |
| 587 thousand | −1.0% | |
| 593 thousand | +0.7% | |
| 591 thousand | +0.3% | |
| 590 thousand | +0.2% | |
| 595 thousand | +2.1% | |
| 592 thousand | +2.2% | |
| 593 thousand | +3.3% | |
| 595 thousand | +4.4% | |
| 596 thousand | +5.1% | |
| 596 thousand | +4.6% | |
| 595 thousand | +5.7% | |
| 597 thousand | +7.2% | |
| 592 thousand | +7.4% | |
| 589 thousand | +8.5% | |
| 589 thousand | +9.8% | |
| 589 thousand | +10.4% | |
| 583 thousand | +9.5% | |
| 579 thousand | +10.1% | |
| 574 thousand | +9.5% | |
| 570 thousand | +9.5% | |
| 567 thousand | +9.4% | |
| 570 thousand | +10.7% | |
| 563 thousand | +10.0% | |
| 557 thousand | +9.0% | |
| 552 thousand | +8.8% | |
| 543 thousand | +7.2% | |
| 536 thousand | +9.2% | |
| 534 thousand | +6.4% | |
| 532 thousand | +4.5% | |
| 526 thousand | +3.8% | |
| 524 thousand | +2.9% | |
| 520 thousand | +1.1% | |
| 518 thousand | +0.5% | |
| 515 thousand | −1.6% | |
| 512 thousand | −4.0% | |
| 511 thousand | −6.9% | |
| 507 thousand | −11.5% | |
| 506 thousand | −19.7% | |
| 491 thousand | −22.8% | |
| 502 thousand | −20.5% | |
| 509 thousand | −21.0% | |
| 507 thousand | −22.5% | |
| 510 thousand | −23.5% | |
| 515 thousand | −23.0% | |
| 516 thousand | −23.0% | |
| 523 thousand | −23.1% | |
| 533 thousand | −22.3% | |
| 549 thousand | −20.5% | |
| 573 thousand | −17.1% | |
| 630 thousand | −9.1% | |
| 636 thousand | −8.4% | |
| 631 thousand | −9.3% | |
| 645 thousand | −7.0% | |
| 655 thousand | −4.6% | |
| 666 thousand | −3.7% | |
| 668 thousand | −3.1% | |
| 670 thousand | −2.5% | |
| 680 thousand | −0.1% | |
| 686 thousand | +0.7% | |
| 690 thousand | +2.1% | |
| 691 thousand | +2.9% | |
| 694 thousand | +4.4% | |
| 695 thousand | +5.7% | |
| 696 thousand | +7.3% | |
| 694 thousand | +7.6% | |
| 687 thousand | +6.9% | |
| 692 thousand | +8.4% | |
| 689 thousand | +8.4% | |
| 688 thousand | +8.4% | |
| 681 thousand | +7.9% | |
| 681 thousand | +8.6% | |
| 675 thousand | +8.2% | |
| 671 thousand | +8.5% | |
| 665 thousand | +8.9% | |
| 657 thousand | +8.5% | |
| 648 thousand | +8.4% | |
| 644 thousand | +8.0% | |
| 642 thousand | +7.6% | |
| 638 thousand | +7.4% | |
| 636 thousand | +6.9% | |
| 634 thousand | +6.3% | |
| 631 thousand | +4.9% | |
| 628 thousand | +3.6% | |
| 624 thousand | +1.4% | |
| 619 thousand | −1.3% | |
| 610 thousand | −4.5% | |
| 606 thousand | −7.9% | |
| 598 thousand | −12.1% | |
| 596 thousand | −14.1% | |
| 597 thousand | −15.2% | |
| 594 thousand | −17.3% |
How does it compare with the industries on the jobs by industry page?Ranked by the change over a year
| Series | Month | Value | Change over a year | Rank |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Health care and social assistance | 23,959 thousand | +2.2% | 1 | |
| Private education and health | 28,005 thousand | +1.9% | 2 | |
| Utilities | 612 thousand | +1.7% | 3 | |
| Construction | 8,364 thousand | +1.3% | 4 | |
| Durable goods | 7,898 thousand | +1.1% | 5 | |
| Professional, scientific, technical | 10,844 thousand | +0.8% | 6 | |
| Accommodation and food services | 14,310 thousand | +0.7% | 7 | |
| Goods-producing | 21,623 thousand | +0.7% | 7 | |
| Other services | 6,039 thousand | +0.6% | 9 | |
| Professional and business services | 22,482 thousand | +0.6% | 9 | |
| Administrative, support, waste | 9,019 thousand | +0.5% | 11 | |
| Private service-providing | 114,094 thousand | +0.5% | 11 | |
| Total private | 135,717 thousand | +0.5% | 11 | |
| Leisure and hospitality | 16,969 thousand | +0.4% | 14 | |
| Wholesale trade | 6,078 thousand | +0.4% | 14 | |
| Local government | 15,173 thousand | +0.3% | 16 | |
| Manufacturing | 12,652 thousand | +0.3% | 16 | |
| Mining and logging | 607 thousand | +0.3% | 16 | |
| Service-providing | 137,421 thousand | +0.3% | 16 | |
| Total nonfarm | 159,044 thousand | +0.3% | 16 | |
| Retail trade | 15,480 thousand | +0.2% | 21 | |
| Trade, transportation, utilities | 28,778 thousand | +0.2% | 21 | |
| Mining, oil and gas extraction (this page) | 567 thousand | +0.1% | 23 | |
| Private education | 4,046 thousand | −0.1% | 24 | |
| Transportation and warehousing | 6,609 thousand | −0.1% | 24 | |
| Management of companies | 2,620 thousand | −0.3% | 26 | |
| State government | 5,472 thousand | −0.5% | 27 | |
| Real estate, rental, leasing | 2,438 thousand | −0.6% | 28 | |
| Government | 23,327 thousand | −0.9% | 29 | |
| Nondurable goods | 4,754 thousand | −0.9% | 29 | |
| Financial activities | 9,082 thousand | −1.2% | 31 | |
| Finance and insurance | 6,645 thousand | −1.4% | 32 | |
| Arts, entertainment, recreation | 2,659 thousand | −1.6% | 33 | |
| Information | 2,739 thousand | −4.2% | 34 | |
| Federal government | 2,682 thousand | −8.0% | 35 |
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Which industries are inside mining, oil and gas extraction?Newest month of each industry
| Industry | Month | Count | Share | Change over a year | Rank |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Oil and gas extraction | 114 thousand | 20.1% | −1.6% | 3 | |
| Mining (except oil and gas) | 190 thousand | 33.4% | +0.8% | 1 | |
| Support activities for mining | 263 thousand | 46.4% | +0.4% | 2 |
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What do these figures leave out, and how are they cited?Limits, dates and how to cite
What this number cannot tell you
- BLS counts jobs, not people: a person with two jobs on two payrolls is counted twice. Farm jobs, the self-employed, unpaid family workers, private household workers and members of the military are not counted.
- The count comes from a survey of employers, so each month's value carries sampling error. BLS revises each month twice in the two months after it is first published, and each February it benchmarks the series to a full count of jobs from unemployment insurance tax records and revises earlier values, so past values on this page can change.
- BLS publishes this series from 1958.
- JOLTS has no line for exactly this group of industries, so no job openings, hires, quits or layoffs are shown beside the count of jobs.
- The count is shown in whole thousands, but BLS publishes this series to one decimal, so the changes, the ranks and the highest and lowest values, which are ours and worked out from the values as BLS publishes them, can differ in their last place from those worked out from the values as shown.
- The changes, the ranks and the highest and lowest values are ours, worked out from the values BLS publishes; a change is in percent.
Observed . Checked .
How to cite this
U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics, Current Employment Statistics, Mining, oil and gas extraction, seasonally adjusted, through September 2026. Compiled by 500metrics, "How many jobs are there in mining, quarrying, and oil and gas extraction?", https://500metrics.com/jobs-by-industry/mining-quarrying-oil-gas.
Can the data be downloaded?jobs-by-industry-mining-quarrying-oil-gas.csv
Download the full history as CSV: 825 rows, to , 15,390 bytes.
Our text and compilation: CC BY 4.0.
Recession dates from the National Bureau of Economic Research.
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